Tudor Rose

The Tudor Rose is a 2-storey former hall house, originally built sometime in the Tudor period. It is constructed of rubble stone, although the front of the south wing is timber-framed. The roof is slate-covered, with a roughcast stack at the rear of the main hall range, which extends behind number 30 Castle Street.

The building was later divided into two houses, resulting in two front entrances. The entrance on the left has a panelled door set within a rendered lean-to, with a 15-pane shop window to its left. Above the shop window, the timber framing is close-studded and features a replacement 3-light small-pane window. The right-hand entrance is within a projecting gabled bay designed to resemble a cross wing. The side walls here are constructed of rubble stone rather than the original timber framing and are rendered on the lower storey, with close-studded timberwork incorporating herringbone struts above. This entrance has a fielded-panel door, accompanied by a small-pane shop window to the right, all sheltered by a moulded lintel. The upper storey features a 3-light oriel window supported by brackets, with the gable projecting on consoles and having a moulded bressumer.

The original plan of the building is now only discernible from within, due to surrounding buildings. The hall itself has a 4-bay arched-brace roof with Tudor-rose bosses and windbraces. A section of timber framing in the north gable end suggests the entire building was originally timber-framed. An original opening with a moulded timber lintel, now containing a small-pane sash window, is visible in the west wall, which abuts number 2 Church Street. When the hall was converted into a storeyed house, the gable end was rebuilt and fireplaces inserted. The upper storey has a fireplace with a timber lintel, while the lower-storey fireplace features an elliptical hood, likely dating from its use as a bakery. Spine beams support the upper floor. An inserted first-floor partition is visible beneath one of the trusses, incorporating two triangular-headed doorways. Later alterations include a blocked doorway, three windows (one a blocked sash window), all in the east wall adjoining number 30 Church Street, and a corner fireplace with a timber lintel. A door was added to the right side of the gable-end fireplace in the lower storey.

The south wing has a 2-bay roof with a collar-beam truss and raking struts. One wall bracket survives in this section. The eaves have been raised slightly, and additional purlins now rest on top of the truss.